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After multiple delays, Artificial Core has finally confirmed its plans to launch Corepunk into early access in the next few months. In preparation for the open-world fog-of-war MMORPG’s launch, the team previously ran two limited-scope playtest this fall and will be hosting a significantly larger one on December 16th. The four-day test will allow a larger number of players to [...]

Last weekend’s Corepunk alpha test revealed several glaring issues related to the top-down MMORPG’s gameplay, one of which was that the game was too challenging and punishing. While it initially seemed like that was developer Artificial Core’s intention all along, it apparently wasn’t. “We never intended to create a hardcore game,” the Ukrainian studio said. “The goal was to make [...]

Artificial Core held a brief alpha test for Corepunk over the weekend that revealed a few kinks in the top-down MMORPG’s gameplay. The 29-hour long affair mainly focused on testing low-level content and the two new zones that were added since the last playtest. Brief and limited as it may have been, the test still provided the team with valuable [...]

Artificial Core is gearing up for the start of Corepunk’s next testing phase which will bring on a few more players to help test the open-world MMORPG. The next closed beta test is set to begin on November 4th and will feature a slightly bigger testing pool that will include a little over a hundred players from four different [...]

After years of development and multiple delays due to the Russian invasion, Ukrainian studio Artificial Core is finally ready to start testing its flagship game Corepunk. The playtest, however, will be significantly smaller compared to traditional MMORPG playtests, with just 21 players from Western Europe doing all the work. The studio promises to expand testing scope in the lead up [...]

Artificial Core is back with a progress report for its long-delayed top-down open-world MMORPG Corepunk in its May developer update. The game’s development hasn’t been without its fair share of challenges, not the least of which is the ongoing conflict in the studio’s home country of Ukraine. However, it looks like the team is slowly and steadily making progress. Long-time [...]

After an understandable delay, Artificial Core has released an hour’s worth of gameplay footage from its top-down open world MMORPG, Corepunk. The footage offers a good look at the game’s current state with a focus on the eight crafting and gathering professions which is apparently as important to progression as grinding mobs. Unlike most MMORPG’s, gathering and crafting will [...]

Corepunk’s promised closed beta test has been delayed yet again, marking the fourth time that testing has been delayed in the past 12 months. The beta test was initially set to begin in December 2020 but was pushed back to spring 2021, then to August of the same year, and finally to the end of 2021. We’re now nearing the [...]